GeForce 210 and GeForce 8500 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 210 vs GeForce 8500 GT
GeForce 210
115
GeForce 8500 GT
140
GeForce 210
GeForce 8500 GT
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GT218
G86
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2009
April 2007
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
SLI options
-
+
Core clock speed
589 MHz
459 MHz
CUDA cores
16
-
Floating-point performance
39.36 gflops
29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
260 million
210 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
16
16
Power consumption (TDP)
30.5 Watt
30 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
4.160
3.6 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR2
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
500 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
8.0 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Standard memory config per GPU
-
256 MB
Display Connectors
DVIVGADisplayPort
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_1)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
3.1
2.1
Shader Model
4.1
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A